Paintbrush holder



Dec. 26, 1950 R. BRASWIELL 2,535,260

PAINTBRUSH HOLDER Filed Jan. 6, 1948 I N VEN TOR.

ATI'DRNEYS Patented Dec. 26, 1950 PAINTBRUSH HOLDER Reuben A. Braswell,Decatur, Ga. Application January 6, 1948, Serial No. 694

1 Claim.

This invention relates to devices for holding paint brushes on paintcans or buckets where the brush is filled with paint and it is desiredto hold the brush so that the paint will drip back into the bucket, andin particular a paint brush holder that may be stamped from a singlepiece of sheet material and which includes a clamp for securing thedevice on the side of a bucket, a bar over which the brush may be drawnto remove surplus paint therefrom, and a bracket having a socket with aconstricted throat for holding the handle of the brush through the smallpart thereof.

The purpos v of this invention is to provide a device for holding paintbru hes on the side of a paint can that may be formed from a singlepiece of sheet material with the only added parts being a screw and nut.

Th s invention is an improvement over the brush holder of my priorPatent No. 2.487.516, in that the holder is designed so that all of theparts thereof may be formed from a single sheet of material withoutjoints. welds, or the like.

In the brush holder of my prior patent and also in brush holders now inuse machine work is required in forming and assembling the parts andthis increases the cost to such an extent that devices for holding paintbrushes on cans and the like are very seldom used. With this thought inmind this invention contemplates a paint brush holder which alsoincludes a scraper bar for removing excess paint from the brush and arestricted handle holding socket that is formed with a single piece ofsheet material.

The object of this invention is, therefore, to provide m ans for forminga device for holding paint brushes on the edge of cans wherein a fiatstrip of material may be cut and the parts thereof bent to form a clamp,a bar for scraping excess paint from the brush, and a handle holdingsocket.

Another object of the invention is to provide a paint brush holder andscraper that is adapted to be used on cans and buckets of diiferentsizes.

A further obiect of the invention is to provide a device for holdingpaint brushes on cans and the like which is of a simple and economicalconstruction.

With these and other objects and advantages in view the inventionembodies the new and novel combination, construction, and arrangement ofparts as hereinafter more fully described, set forth in the claimsappended hereto, and disclosed in the accompanying drawings, formingpart hereof, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing the paint brush holder removed from a can orthe like, and with part of a scraper bar thereof broken away.

Figure 2 is a view showing a side elevation of a paint can with partbroken away and with a paint brush holder mounted thereon, the holderbeing shown in section.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference characters indicatecorresponding parts the paint brush holder of this invention includes abase I 8 having clamp jaws H and i2 struck from openings l3 and 14therein, a scraper bar I 5, and a handle holding web H3.

The base It? is formed with converging sides El and It and the bar l5extends from the large end thereof, being perpendicular to the centerline thereof, and integral therewith. The web it extends perpendicularlyupward from the small end of the base, being integral therewith, and.the upper end is provided with a brush han le holding holdin socket l9having inwardly extending cars 2 and 2! at the upper part or throatthereof. wherein the small part only of a brush handle may be insertedin the socket so that a bru h may r adilv be held therein.

The lower end of the jaw 12 is provided with a flange 22 and lowersections 23 and 24 at the lower end are formed around as shown in Figure1 to hold a nut 25 in which a thumb screw 26 is threaded, as shown inFigure 2. The jaw I2 and its corresponding opening M are slightly longerthan the jaw H with its opening l3 so that additional material isprovided on the jaw l2 for the parts 22, 23, and 24.

With the parts arranged in this manner a device is provided that keepspaint off of a brush handle as when the brush is in the holder the paintwill flow from the brush into the bucket or can, and as the brush isdipped into the bucket the excess paint thereon may be removed bydrawing the brush over the bar 15. With the brush handle positioned inthe socket, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 2, or with thelarge part of the handle in the socket, accidental removal thereof isprevented, the constricted part of the throat preventing removal of thehandle until the brush is drawn outward.

The paint brush holder may readily be clamped on the rim of a bucket orpail, as shown in Figure 2, and with the jaws of the clamp spaced asshown, it may be used on buckets having rims of substantially any type.

It will be understood that modifications may be made in the design andarrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

What is claimed is:

A paint brush holder and scraper comprising an elongated base providedwith a transversely positioned bar at one end and having an upwardlyextending web at the other end thereof, said web having a socket thereinwith ears in the upper edges of the socket providing a restrictedthroat, a pair of plates struck from aligned openings medially of saidbase and extending from adjacent ends of the openings downwardly atright angles to the base, said plates providing jaws, the jaw nearestthe web having an'integral- 1y extending flange on its lower end, therebeing an opening in that jaw having the flange thereon, a nut contactingsaid flange and having an opening in alignment with the opening in saidjaw, and a thumb screw projecting through the aligned opening andextending toward the jaw nearest the bar.

REUBEN A. BRASWELL.

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